Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: thankful, baking banana nut muffins, authentic, for that special__, keep busy, he was a rubber duckling, intemperate desires, sitting on a park bench, life is pretty good, poor poor me, you can tell it’s moving, they come and go, I am comparing myself with others, Samantha, … Continue reading Banana Nut
Ready Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: prepare for, it was the zipper, the worst, once upon a time, midnight in a perfect world, Monday is for ones, come away with me, dance, immediately, learning to fall, underwear, I felt cold, we have a long way to go, leap of faith, discourage, … Continue reading Ready
Written with the prompts: this will be a difficult journey, you will have all the time you need, never questioned, don’t say anything, learn to__, open the box, what if I don’t, Emily does her best, making lists, Denise, like Sally It was Grandmother Sally who taught Denise and Emily to sit up all night … Continue reading Full Moon Ritual
Written with the prompts: don’t feed the ducks for health and hygiene, a door rattling in the wind, helpful, they come back to bless us My sister Darlene told me not to feed the ducks, lecturing me on health and hygiene and the ideal diet of the typical mallard which should not include processed flour. … Continue reading They Come Back
Every week when Lindsay came home from the grocery store she’d find a special treat in her brown paper grocery sacks, a gift from the flirtatious bag boy who seemed to have a crush on her. The first week it was a package of Hostess pink snowballs, two round chocolate cakes with cream filing covered … Continue reading Gifted
As the solstice brings the return of light, as Christians celebrate the birth of the Light of the World, may we feel the blessings of Divine Energy which surrounds us at all times, despite appearances. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Blessed Solstice, and Happy New Year! Time for a long winter's nap! See you in January!!
Long ago, in the pagan cultures of the far north, work and travel were severely limited by cold and snow as days grew shorter. Farmers and their families would remove a wheel from their carts as a sign of surrender to the great winter deities. They decorated the wheel with evergreen boughs, holly and candles. … Continue reading Meditations on an Advent Wreath
I choose San Francisco because I miss ocean air. I’ve been sleep walking in a dusty valley but the air in San Francisco is cold and saline. When you walk through it without a hat or scarf it’s bracing. You feel alive. I choose 1967, imagining the Summer of Love, thinking I might land in … Continue reading When the Time Travel Agent Asks When and Where
I was walking on top of the river levee one morning in early December, before the solstice. The river was looking healthy and full despite our years of drought, but we had had so much rain last winter, so much snow, so much water: it was a bounty and we were grateful. The Army … Continue reading I am out with lanterns, looking for myself
I pray and affirm that we are a courageous and compassionate people, eager to heal racism, misogyny, homophobia, and hatred, to create a culture that values all life, that treasures our planet, that is willing to let go of greed and manifest a world of abundance for all of us to share. May you and … Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving!
